WINDFALL


Meaning of WINDFALL in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

windfall tax

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

gain

Meanwhile for the transnational companies that dominate the global coffee economy, the slump in coffee prices is generating windfall gains .

There was no shortage of opinions on what to do with the windfall gains .

profit

Would the Minister find it acceptable if the same sort of windfall profits were made by the beneficiaries of the sell-offs?

For a short-term gain of a one-off windfall profit , far greater future losses were stored up.

tax

Labour has imposed the utility windfall tax , introduced the minimum wage and ramped up petrol duty.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The merger could mean a $2.2 billion windfall for shareholders.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Building societies were converting into banks, insurance companies were changing their status, the air was thick with windfalls.

But for those with guts, some of the highest yields around can be found here -- and even an occasional windfall .

Mazzocchi said taxes to buy insurance for the uninsured would be a windfall for the insurance industry.

Meanwhile for the transnational companies that dominate the global coffee economy, the slump in coffee prices is generating windfall gains.

Voice over For growers across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire the extra demand for apples is truly an unexpected windfall .

Would the Minister find it acceptable if the same sort of windfall profits were made by the beneficiaries of the sell-offs?

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